Re: [PATCH 0/18] Allow different tracers to be compiled independently

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 08:27 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu) wrote:
> > 

> 
> We're in complete agreement here. When I considered if it was worth it to create
> such a per-tracepoint group compile-time disabling in the first place, I decided
> not to do it precisely due to the added-value that comes with the availability
> of system-wide tracepoints. And I think with the static jump patching, we are
> now at a point where the overhead is stunningly low.
> 
> Now, space-wise, the one thing I would consider appropriate as a compromise for
> small embedded systems would be to allow the TRACE_EVENT probes to be compiled
> as modules.

Yeah, I agree here. Hmm, I wonder if we could automate this. That is, we
could now, create a module per trace system if it is so configured. It
would move the functions that create, record and output the trace points
in TRACE_EVENT() into a separate module. Then you just need to load the
modules you want to trace (grouped by system).

We can make add kobjects to /sys so that udev loads them automatically
for distros.

-- Steve